7,832
edits
The Avengers (2012 film): Difference between revisions
no edit summary
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (tropelists, quote cleanup) |
HLIAA14YOG (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| (27 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{work|wppage=The Avengers (2012 film)}}
{{work}}▼
[[File:the-avengers-poster_8748.jpg|frame|[[Tagline|Some]] [[Avengers Assemble|Assembly]] [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Required]].]]
{{quote|''"There was an idea. To bring together [[Super Team|a group]] of [[Superhero|remarkable people]]. [[Holding Out for a Hero|So when we needed them]], they could fight the battles that we never could."''
|'''Nick Fury'''}}
A [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' comic book directed by [[Joss Whedon]], with a cast composed of:
* [[Iron Man]] ([[Robert Downey, Jr.]])
* [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] ([[Chris Evans]])
* [[Incredible Hulk]] (Mark Ruffalo, voice of the Hulk provided by Lou Ferrigno)
* [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] (Chris Hemsworth)
Line 17 ⟶ 18:
* [[Marvel Cinematic Universe|Agent Coulson]] (Clark Gregg)
Part of the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], followed by ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' and ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]''. The story revolves around the heroes of the first Marvel Studios films (''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'', ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', and ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America the First Avenger]]'') banding together to form the eponymous super team.
Steve "Captain America" Rogers, found frozen alive and unthawed in the modern day, must come to terms with the loss of his past life while trying to cope with the modern world. Meanwhile, Loki (the [[Big Bad]] of ''Thor'') manages to make his way to Earth in pursuit of the [[Captain America: The First Avenger|Tesseract]], and an entire army follows him.
Line 23 ⟶ 24:
[[SHIELD]] director Nick Fury recruits Rogers to join The Avengers alongside Tony "Iron Man" Stark, Thor, Bruce Banner (and The Hulk), Black Widow, and Hawkeye to face the threat of Loki's invasion. With conflicting personalities and motivations such as Thor wishing to protect his brother while stopping the invasion, the team must set their differences aside and work together if they hope to save the world.
''The Avengers'' should not be confused with the 1998 [[The Film of the Series|film adaptation]] of the [[The Avengers (TV series)|classic British TV series]] (found at ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)
An eight-issue Prequel comic, ''The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week'' has also been released digitally, tying up loose ends from all movies and setting the stage for ''The Avengers''.
{{Unmarked Spoilers}} '''
Not to be confused with the 1998 film ''also'' called ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers]]'', which was about John Steed and Mrs. Peel.
{{tropelist|''The Avengers'' assembles the following tropes together:}}
== A-D ==
* [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene]]: Used to great effect in the movie. Notably, after a rather chaotic battle in the Helicarrier, Fury talks to Steve and Tony about what he really wanted out of the Avengers.
* [[Action Prologue]]: Right away, the Film starts off with Loki breaking into S.H.I.E.L.D. and stealing the Tesseract.
* [[Acting for Two]]: Thanks to [[Serkis Folk|advances in motion capture technology]], Mark Ruffalo got to not only play Bruce Banner, but also the majority of Hulk's part, marking the first time both Bruce and the Hulk were portrayed by the same person.
Line 39 ⟶ 42:
** [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] previously poked a big guy with a zappy stick in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''.
** Powers Boothe, {{spoiler|who in ''[[24]]'', ordered a nuclear strike on a foreign country, appears as a member of the World Security Council who orders a nuclear strike on Manhattan island.}}
* [[Ad Hominem]]: Nick Fury uses the "[[Tu quoque]]" (hypocrite) version of this while arguing with Stark.
{{quote|'''Fury:''' "[Thor] forced our hand. [[Bigger Stick|We had to come up with something to--]]"
'''Stark:''' "A nuclear deterrent. [[Sarcasm Mode|Because that always calms everything right down.]]"
Line 88 ⟶ 91:
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: [[Trope Namer|Naturally]]. Though the line itself is only used in a begrudging sarcastic tone by Stark, as seen in the preview.
* [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]]: Steve still dresses like he's in the 40s. And parts his hair like it, too. [[Mr. Fanservice|No one minds.]]
* [[Awesome Yet Impractical]]: The S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier. Banner even lampshades it.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Crossed with [[Came Back Wrong]]. According to [[Tom Hiddleston]], Loki's unprotected fall through the cosmos has led him to "see things". He's forsaken his family and is determined to destroy the Earth and hand the Cosmic Cube over to those who would use its power to subjugate the entire universe just to spite his brother.
* [[Backed by the Pentagon]]: Averted. The [http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/pentagon-poo-pooed-avengers-teamup-163438080.html Pentagon] said they [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|"couldn't reconcile the unreality of [S.H.I.E.L.D.] and our place in it"]] (to elaborate, it's left ambiguous as to whether SHIELD is a national or international agency, and the Pentagon didn't like the implication that the US military would answer to anyone other than the US government) and thus declined involvement in this movie. However, the US Army did give their involvement.
Line 112 ⟶ 115:
* [[Bench Breaker]]: Black Widow does a flip ''while tied to a chair'', shattering it on impact and freeing herself.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Tony's is pushed when {{spoiler|Coulson dies}}. As was previously shown in the first ''Iron Man'' film, Tony reacts badly when someone he sees as a much better man sacrifices themselves because they believe in ''him'' more.
* [[BFG]]: Coulson retrieves one based on the Destroyer's remains from the Helicarrier armory to face Loki. And he doesn't even know what it does!▼
* [[Big Applesauce]]: The climactic fight sequence occurs in Manhattan. For once this is fully justified; it is explicitly stated that Loki is trying to show off and make a spectacle of it, so it makes sense that he'd deliberately choose New York. Captain America tells the Avengers to try to contain the Chitauri in Midtown around Stark Tower(In [[Real Life]] the site of the Met Life Building), and within three blocks of the [[wikipedia:Park Avenue Viaduct|Park Avenue Viaduct]] in front of Grand Central Terminal.
* [[Big Bad]]: Loki.
▲* [[
* [[Bigger Bad]]: {{spoiler|Thanos.}}
* [[Bigger Stick]]: {{spoiler|SHIELD's}} true plans for the cube. {{spoiler|The consequence of the dawning age of superheroes.}}
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]:
** An elderly German man defiantly stands against Loki in Stuttgart. As Loki is about to kill him, [[Captain America (comics)|Cap]] bursts in, tanks the blast on the [[Made of Indestructium|Mighty Shield]], and fights. Then, when Loki has Cap on the ropes, Iron Man arrives to assist Cap against Loki.
** Later, Thor saves Black Widow from Hulk on the Helicarrier.
** And when the Avengers Assemble to stop the invasion from destroying New York.
Line 140 ⟶ 143:
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Averted. Hawkeye runs out of arrows, so he decides to take the arrow out of someone he killed earlier and puts a new head on it. Black Widow does only one onscreen reload during the climax. During the rest of the fight, she can be seen mostly using melee and the invaders' weapons, since she doesn't have much ammo capacity in her [[Spy Catsuit]].
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Hawkeye, Selvig,}} and at least one random S.H.I.E.L.D. agent are all mind-controlled by Loki.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Black Widow to a certain degree. She is chased by the Hulk in the Helicarrier and is nearly smashed by him, causing her considerable distress. She also confesses to Hawkeye that she's been "compromised" by Loki's [[Hannibal Lecture]] in spite of the fact that she was playing a [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] to trick him.
** Though it could also be implied that she's going because she has feelings for Hawkeye.
* [[Break Them by Talking]]: Loki, every chance he gets. {{spoiler|Which is presumably why he's muzzled at the end.}}
Line 166 ⟶ 169:
** In the middle of the movie Tony refers to Banner's Hulking out as "suiting up." At the climax of the film, when Banner arrives at the battle Tony says to tell him to suit up.
** Stark calls Fury's plans for the Tesseract and reverse-engineered Asgardian technology a "nuclear deterrent" and scoffs at them. During the Senate hearing near the beginning of ''Iron Man 2'', he referred to himself as America's nuclear deterrent.
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Captain America, who's definitely the most upstanding guy around. He's worried a bit that some may view this as old-fashioned in the cynical 21st century, but Coulson tells him that right now we may need his brand of "[[Good Is Old-Fashioned|old-fashioned]]."
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Steve slips into a [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic]] version for a moment thanks to Tony forgetting that he's a [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]].
{{quote|'''Iron Man:''' I need you to check that panel and tell me which breakers are in overload position. How's it look?
Line 233 ⟶ 236:
** The gun Coulson uses on Loki was reverse engineered from the Destroyer in ''Thor''.
** The Hulk can't lift Mjölnir, because he isn't worthy.
** Captain America, when first meeting Loki in Germany, notes that the last time he went to that location, he also had to deal with [[Red Skull|someone]] who believed he was [[A God Am I|almighty and higher than everyone else]].
** When Thor shoots lightning at Tony, his suit absorbs the energy. The Arc Reactor itself was designed by Tony's father Howard after recovering the Tesseract, which is Asgardian in origin, and the lightning generated by Thor being absorbed by the Arc Reactor in Tony's suit seems to be another subtle nod to the connection between the two technologies.
** The Mark VII Iron Man suit's shoulder-mounted micro missiles have the same kind of rocket flare, audio design, and look as the payload of the Jericho Cluster Missile from the first ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' film.
** Tony's line about bringing 'the party to you', which Natasha responds to, is a [[Brick Joke|hugely delayed]] response to a similar line from Natasha in ''Iron Man 2'', regarding the Hammer drones.
** Loki flat out lampshades it when he traps Thor with an illusion trick.
{{quote|'''Loki:''' Are you ever ''not'' going to fall for that?}}
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: When Loki intimidates a crowd of people and forces them to kneel, an elderly man defies him.
Line 244 ⟶ 247:
'''Old Man:''' There are ''always'' men like you. }}
* [[Cool Plane]]: The Avengers' Quinjet.
* [[Cool Shades]]:
** Hawkeye has these in the promo material but only wears them at the very end of the film itself.
** Coulson sports a pair when greeting Fury at the start of the movie.
Line 250 ⟶ 253:
* [[Cool vs. Awesome]]: Just about any of the fights in this movie.
** The world's first superhero (a [[Super Soldier]]) VS the Norse God of Lies (who's also a [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]], and an [[Evil Sorcerer]]).
** Supergenius in [[Power Armor]] VS the Norse God of Thunder (also a [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]]), with the [[Super Soldier]] joining in.
** Said Norse God of Thunder VS a [[Buffy-Speak|Giant Green Rage Monster]].
** World-class assassin VS {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]] [[The Ace|master]] [[The Archer|archer]]}}.
Line 258 ⟶ 261:
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Tony Stark}}:''' ''Please tell me nobody kissed me.''}}
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Tony almost out Batmans ''Batman'' for designing a suit that can {{spoiler|deploy and attach itself to him ''while he's falling out a building.''}}
* [[Creator Thumbprint]]: {{spoiler|Coulson}}'s dying speech to Loki shares similarities with a previous Whedon series, ''[[Angel]]'', in the aptly-titled episode "Conviction". In it, the ''villain'' lectures the ''hero'' about a lack of "conviction" to his cause, ensuring that evil will always triumph. Both scenes end in the same way, with the good character silencing the villain with a well-placed shot.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]:
** At the climax, {{spoiler|Loki lets his own arrogance get the better of him and tries to browbeat the Hulk. This is exactly as bad of an idea as it sounds.}}
Line 269 ⟶ 272:
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: When Hawkeye fires an arrow at Loki {{spoiler|while he's riding a Chitauri craft, Loki catches it in mid-air with his [[Super Reflexes]] and look at it, as if to check what type of arrow it is. The arrow in question looks markedly different from the explosive one Hawkeye used earlier to blow up part of the Helicarrier, so Loki smiles smugly when he's sure he's safe. This turns out to be a setup, however, when the arrowhead opens and explodes anyway.}}
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Hinted at in the case of Black Widow and Hawkeye.
* [[Darkest Hour]]:
** Loki calls Fury on it.
{{quote|'''Loki:''' How desperate are you, that you call upon such lost creatures to defend you?}}
Line 294 ⟶ 297:
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: "''Puny god.''"
* [[Dies Wide Shut]]: {{spoiler|Coulson}}.
* [[Disability Immunity]]: The arc reactor in Tony's chest that keeps his heart beating also {{spoiler|makes Tony [[
* [[Divide and Conquer]]: {{spoiler|This is Loki's plan for dealing with the Avengers; he targets Bruce in particular. He succeeds for a while even after they realize what he's up to.}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]:
Line 301 ⟶ 304:
** A more comedic moment: when Loki fails to brainwash Tony with his staff, he looks taken aback and says this has never happened to him before. Tony makes an idle comment about [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|performance issues]].
* [[Downer Beginning]]: The film opens with Loki killing over a dozen people, {{spoiler|1=brainwashing one of SHIELD's top agents along with a renowned scientist}}, and escaping with the Tesseract as an entire SHIELD base is destroyed and Nick Fury escapes by the skin of his teeth. Cue title card.
* [[The Dragon]]: Hawkeye becomes this to Loki until his [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[The Dreaded]]: Even his own team members are afraid of the Hulk.
* [[Dream Team]]: The best the Marvel Cinematic Universe has to offer.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: This trope pops up whenever Thor is around but this movie has a particularly interesting example since Thor drops his hammer on Cap's shield, [[Exact Words|in response to Cap's request that he put down the weapon]].
{{quote|'''Thor:''' ''[[Berserk Button|You want me to put the hammer down]]?!'' }}
* [[Driven to Suicide]]:
** {{spoiler|Banner reveals that he once tried to commit suicide, but the Hulk took control and spat the bullet out,}} which actually happened in a comic AU miniseries, and was a deleted scene from ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]''.
** Subverted with {{spoiler|Selvig. After he wakes up from Loki's brainwashing, Natasha finds him looking over the edge of Stark Tower's roof, like he's thinking about jumping. Nat tries to talk him down, only for him to reveal that he's not looking at the ground; he's looking at Loki's scepter a few stories down, which is the key to closing the portal.}}
Line 316 ⟶ 320:
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: The team is comprised of enough Type A personalities that there will almost always be conflict. And as with most examples, it more than likely will come and go. Bruce Banner provides an adequate description for the team:
{{quote|'''Banner:''' We're not a team, we're a time bomb!}}
== E-L ==
Line 358 ⟶ 361:
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: An element of the story is that the members don't get along at first but eventually become friends and learn to work together.
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Captain America, falling exactly in line with his comic counterpart. [[Played for Drama]] or [[Played for Laughs]] depending on the situation.
* [[Five-Bad Band]]:
** [[Big Bad]]: Loki. He is the main villain of the movie and his goal is to take over the world.
** [[The Dragon]]/[[The Dark Chick]]: Hawkeye. He is Loki's right-hand man when he is [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashed]].
** [[The Evil Genius]]: The Other. He is the smartest member of Loki's team.
** [[The Brute]]: Erik Selvig. He is the strongest and biggest member of Loki's team when he is [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashed]].
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Captain America. It takes him a while, but eventually he realizes his good heart and tactical knowledge are what is needed to bring the team together.
Line 385 ⟶ 393:
** Not long before [[The Reveal]], Coulson makes an offhand comment to Thor that he "changed everything".
** Cap telling Tony that he's not the kind to {{spoiler|sacrifice himself for a greater cause}}.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Loki probably didn't need to shove that eye scanner into the poor man's eye quite so hard... [[Evil Feels Good|or gleefully.]]
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: When Iron Man crash lands after pulling his "Jonah" stunt, the building behind him is actually the shawarma joint he later mentions wanting to try out.
* [[Genre Blind]]: Thor, yet again, is lured into a vulnerable spot by falling for Loki's trick of creating false images of himself.
Line 398 ⟶ 406:
** After his [[I Surrender, Suckers|"capture"]], Loki tells Thor that he's had the tesseract sent away with no knowledge of its whereabouts. He already knows that at some point Fury is going to resort to [[Cold-Blooded Torture|other tactics]] to find out where it is, but even ''that'' would be a walk in the park compared to what {{spoiler|Thanos}} will do to him if he loses the cube to the good guys. Savvy self-preservation, indeed.
** Towards the end of the fight between Natasha and {{spoiler|a brainwashed Barton, he looks up and says her name with a bit of tenderness}} to get her to ease up. She punches him in the head again.
** The janitor who finds Bruce:
{{quote|'''Janitor:''' You an alien, son?
'''Bruce:''' A what?
Line 413 ⟶ 421:
{{quote|'''Black Widow:''' They're basically gods.
'''Captain America:''' There's [[Real Men Love Jesus|only one God]], ma'am, and I'm pretty sure He doesn't dress like that. }}
* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: Fury states that the events of ''Thor'' proving humanity wasn't alone in the universe prompted S.H.I.E.L.D. to initiate Phase Two in the event that a hostile alien threat attacked Earth & crossed the threshold. Later, {{spoiler|the WSC decides to go ahead & nuke Manhattan, in the event that the Avengers can't force the Chitauri back.}}
* [[Godwin's Law]]: When Captain America confronts Loki in Stuttgart, he quips that, when he [[World War II|last went to Germany]], there was [[Adolf Hitler|another man]] who believed himself superior to all others. Of course, he could also be referring to the Red Skull, but the [[Cool Old Guy|old German man]] was almost certainly talking about Hitler: "There are ''always'' men like you."
* [[The Good Guys Always Win]]: Lampshaded, but not stated outright.
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Everybody, as is this a [[Marvel Universe]].
** Tony Stark is, of course, a conceited and arrogant jackass who has problems with authority, but his goal is to make up for his past failures.
** Thor still has shades of being a [[Boisterous Bruiser]] that smashes first and asks questions later, but he follows his heart and demonstrates [[Undying Loyalty]] to family, allies, and the Earth itself.
Line 423 ⟶ 431:
** Captain America is frustrated by the modern world and sees very little of the future he was fighting for. Considering he was last living in an era where millions were dying to save the world from tyranny, pampered geniuses like Tony aggravate him to no end. Even so, he [[The Fettered|puts his ideals and heroism]] above personal feelings.
** And finally, Nick Fury, who will employ every dirty trick he can think of to meet his ends. It's just a good thing his ends are preserving worldwide freedom.
** Averted by Coulson, who is amicable, polite, and gets along with every other member of the team. {{spoiler|So of course, he was [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]].}}
* [[Good Is Old-Fashioned]]: [[Invoked]] and [[Discussed]] several times, mostly regarding Captain America. The conclusion is that old-fashioned heroism is [[Justified Trope|is exactly what people need]] during Earth's [[Darkest Hour]].
* [[Good Old Ways]]: Being old-fashioned is Thor's and Captain America's trademark, although it's significantly [[Downplayed]] compared to many of their previous portrayals.
Line 431 ⟶ 439:
* [[Guile Hero]]: Black Widow's favorite interrogation technique is to make the bad guys feel powerful with her acting skills and then listen to what they let slip in their victorious rants.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: The Black Widow uses two glock pistols at the same time fighting the Chitauri.
* [[Guys Smash, Girls Shoot]]: A rare gender inversion in the team of Hawkeye and Black Widow: while both are entirely capable in the other field (she's a crack shot and he can certainly deal damage hand-to-hand), Natasha is the superior martial artist while Clint is the finer marksman.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Loki's ''other'' favorite tactic, and his biggest weakness.
* [[Hate Plague]]: Not that the Avengers weren't getting on each other's nerves before, but it's implied that Loki somehow supernaturally raised tensions between the team while he was on the Helicarrier.
{{quote|'''Nick Fury:''' {{spoiler|Dr. Banner}}, put down the scepter.}}
* [[Headbutting Heroes]]: Averted with Thor and Hulk, who are almost always at each other's throats in the comics. They still fight in the movie, but it's just Thor trying to stop Hulk {{spoiler|from destroying the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier after Loki manages to set him off}}. The rest of the movie Hulk and Thor are more like Bash Brothers except for the hilarious [[Offhand Backhand]] that Hulk gives Thor in one scene after helping him take down a Leviathan, seemingly due to their previous fight or because Thor landed the killing blow on the Leviathan, frustrating Hulk.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]:
* [[Hero Insurance]]: After everything's said and done, one of the many news reports tries to blame the Avengers for the damage to the city. Fury conveniently fails to ask where the Avengers were going after their mission is complete, precisely to avoid such questions.
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Every member has had his own movie or at least a minor role (or cameo) in a previous film.
Line 444 ⟶ 452:
** [[Discussed]] when Captain America thinks the other Avengers (particularly Iron Man, who's a [[Take a Third Option]] kinda guy) aren't heroes at all because they're not willing to make the "sacrifice play", as he calls it. It's a [[Call Back]] to ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America the First Avenger]]'' and how Cap wound up in the future in the first place.
** {{spoiler|Coulson's decision to face Loki alone would count as one. Even with the big anti-Destroyer gun, he seemed to think his death would [[Misfit Mobilization Moment|inspire the Avengers to work together in order to avenge him]].}}
** {{spoiler|Tony eventually does attempt this, and while he ''does'' survive his heroic act of driving a nuke into space, he did it accepting that he may die.}}
* [[Heroic Safe Mode]]: The Hulk comes out and smashes everything in sight, not because Banner's rage got the best of him, but because when there are threats against their lives, Hulk comes out to ensure Banner's safety. [[Driven to Suicide|He does not approve much of this, even when he's told.]]
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]:
Line 483 ⟶ 491:
** [[Norse Mythology|Mjölnir]], [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]'s [[Drop the Hammer|hammer]].
** The [[Iron Man]] [[Powered Armor|armor]].
** Coulson's [[
** [[Loki]]'s [[Mind Control|mind-controlling]] [[Blade on a Stick|scepter]].
** [[Hawkeye]]'s [[Trick Arrow|Trick Arrows]].
Line 506 ⟶ 514:
* [[Jurisdiction Friction]]: S.H.I.E.L.D. and the World Security Council want Loki to be judged for his crimes on Earth, while Thor insists that he must "face Asgardian justice".
* [[Just Train Wrong]]: At the beginning of the scene introducing [[Black Widow (comics)|Black Widow]] we see an establishing shot of a Norfolk Southern freight train passing by the ratty looking warehouse where the heroine is [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit|conducting an interrogation]]. The only problem is that the scene is set in Russia where American locomotives do not operate.
* [[Just You and Me
* [[Keystone Army]]: The Chitauri, apparently. {{spoiler|Once Iron Man nukes the mothership, all units on Earth cease functioning.}}
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Loki is a ''lot'' less [[Affably Evil]] this time around. Still [[Evil Is Cool|fun as hell]] [[Evil Is Stylish|to watch though]].
Line 538 ⟶ 546:
* [[Lock and Load Montage]]: When the team decides to collectively get dangerous, we are treated to a montage of Captain America and Iron Man suiting up while Thor grabs Mjölnir and Hawkeye checks his bow.
* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: After Captain America breaks up the fight between Tony Stark and Thor and tries to convince Thor to "put the hammer down," Thor acts on those words by smashing Captain America with it. Captain America blocks it with his shield, which indeed protects him from a blow from the hammer of a Norse god - by reflecting the force of the blow in all directions in a shockwave that levels everything in the immediate area.
== M-P ==
Line 559 ⟶ 566:
* [[Megaton Punch]]: Hulk does this to a Leviathan.
* [[Men Don't Cry]] / [[Sand in My Eyes]]: The blue light reactor that keeps Tony Stark alive ALWAYS shines through whatever shirt he is wearing at the time. The ONE time it does not glow through his shirt is when is struck silent with grief by the death of {{spoiler|Agent Clouson}}. There may be no tears, but a mighty heart has been broken.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: Every single returning character has a new costume/uniform. Even Black Widow gets an altered black catsuit and a new haircut. [http://www.fanpop.com/spots/iron-man/images/11366494/title/black-widow-photo Compare] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120503030045/http://www.imdb.com/media/rm523943168/ch0020745 contrast].
* [[Metronomic Man-Mashing]]: {{spoiler|Hulk's epic beat down of Loki.}}
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: Iron Man upgrades to the Mark VII armor during the film. It can fly by itself when deployed by Jarvis, track and line itself up with Stark using a pair of bracelets he wears, and assemble itself around him. Now Stark can don the armor no matter where he is. Also, the Mark VII's laser lenses do not eject after use, implying that they are now limited only by the suit's power source.
Line 620 ⟶ 627:
** When the Helicarrier first takes flight, Bruce and Steve approach the very edge of the flight deck to gape at the rotors directly below. There is only a thin, waist-high railing to prevent them from falling in, or getting sucked into them.
** The Helicarrier's angled flight deck leads directly to one of the huge rotors. This means that pilots making use of the flight deck better pray that they land the first time because overshooting will mean getting sucked into a rotor designed to ''pull the air above it and direct it down with enough force to lift an aircraft carrier.'' The helicarrier ''can'' apparently stay in the air with one of the rotors turned off to make landings safer, but that endangers the entire helicarrier.
* [[
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Black Widow and Hawkeye make numerous references to these from their partnership.
{{quote|'''Black Widow:''' This is just like Budapest all over again.
Line 648 ⟶ 655:
* [[Once More, with Clarity]]: Just like in ''Thor'', a Stinger from a previous movie (''Captain America: The First Avenger'' in this case) is fully elaborated here.
* [[One of Us]]:
** Tony Stark can spot and identify someone playing ''Galaga'' without trying, wears a Black Sabbath T-shirt, hacks speakers to play AC/DC and makes a ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' reference by calling Hawkeye 'Legolas'.
** The usually dry and reserved Agent Coulson turns out to be a huge Captain America fanboy. He even collected the entire vintage set of Captain American trading cards in near-mint condition.
** Tony feels this way in-universe about Bruce Banner. Banner being the only one who can understand and speak [[Techno Babble]] back to him.
Line 678 ⟶ 685:
* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]: Both Thor and Cap toss their weapons around with this effect. Thor is justified by it being a magic hammer that he can summon to his hand whenever he wants. Cap is just apparently really good at calculating ricochet angles in fractions of a second.
* [[Preemptive "Shut Up"]]: Delivered by Cap to a SHIELD pilot.
{{quote|'''[[Captain America (comics)]]:''' Son, just don't.}}
* [[Product Placement]]:
** During the final battle, one of the only buildings with no noticeable damage sports the motto for Farmers Insurance, which all of New York would presumably need by this point.
** Tony Stark drives an Acura in this movie instead of the Audis from the ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' films. S.H.I.E.L.D. also uses Acura cars.
Line 705 ⟶ 712:
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]:
** Loki's ''other'' other favorite tactic.
** [[Badass Normal|Agent Coulson]] gives one right back to Loki, punctuated with a [[
{{quote|'''Agent Coulson''' You're going to lose. You lack conviction.}}
** Steve gives one to Tony that actually stings:
Line 713 ⟶ 720:
** Stark proceeds to fire right back at him.
{{quote|'''Tony:''' Everything special about you came out of a ''bottle''.}}
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Nick Fury plays this role. {{spoiler|As Tony notes, Nick Fury is top spy, so everything he says is loaded with half-truths, misdirections, omissions, and good old-fashioned lies, but he has everyone's best interests at heart.}}
* [[Redemption Rejection]]: {{spoiler|When Thor fights Loki on Stark Tower, he tells him it's not too late to turn back. For a second Loki seems to be considering it. Then he stabs Thor in the stomach.}}
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Iron Man is the red to Captain America's blue. Heck, they're even [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]].
Line 744 ⟶ 751:
** Loki taunts Nick Fury about coming so close to unlimited power, the very same phrase used by Palpatine when he killed Mace Windu in''Franchise/ [[Star Wars]]''. Both recipients of the speech were played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]].
** Tony briefly asks Jarvis if he's ever heard of [[The Bible|the story of Jonah]], immediately before he goes through the mouth of one of the leviathans and blows it up from the inside out.
** Blink-and-you'll miss it, but the image of the iridium that Selvig shows Loki? If you look right at the beginning, the shadows on the iridium sample make it look ''exactly'' like ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Serenity]].''
** The shot during the final battle when Cap, Black Widow and Hawkeye are looking up at the portal watching the first Leviathan come out is shot in the exact same manner in which Peter, Ray, and Egon look at Gozer's portal opening in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mNuG25oq_b0 (The scene is at 2:19.)]
* [[Signs of Disrepair]]: Invoked. After the final battle, the '''STARK''' on Stark Tower is reduced to an '''A''' for Avengers.
* [[Slasher Smile]]:
** Loki's is coming along.
** Dr. Banner also has a good one, if only briefly when he reveals that he's ''always'' angry.
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]:
** Thor in this incarnation, looking more like the original costume in the comics. He actually gets the sleeves back when things get serious.
Line 769 ⟶ 776:
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Robert Downey Jr. admitted to trying to steal the film away from Captain America, the Avengers' leader in the comics, but backed down when he realized that the film would suffer as a result. Ultimately Captain America receives [http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/how-much-screen-time-does-each-avenger-get.html the most screen time] and clearly takes charge during the climax. Mark Ruffalo's Banner and Hulk were extremely well-received, considering that Hulk's movies did relatively poorly, and Hulk had some of the most memorable scenes. Hawkeye had the least screentime of each hero, but this works considerably to his favor.
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Black Widow and Maria Hill.
* [[Stealth Pun]]:
** In the first [[The Stinger|stinger,]] {{spoiler|the Other tells the Chitauri leader that attacking Earth would be "to court death" while talking to Thanos, the one being who does this literally.}}
** Shawarma is basically a type of gyro, which is pronounced the same as "hero."
* [[The Stinger]]:
** One mid-credits, revealing that the entire Loki-led Chitauri invasion was in fact orchestrated by {{spoiler|Thanos.}}
Line 827 ⟶ 834:
** {{spoiler|Loki antagonizing the Hulk might also count. Even though it might have been a surprise just how quickly he got beaten to a pulp, nobody could have been particularly surprised that it happened. On the other hand, he was probably going to get beaten up ''anyway'' and was probably just displaying false bravado in a (doomed) last-ditch attempt to intimidate him.}}
** {{spoiler|Tony accuses Agent Coulson of having been this for going up alone against Loki, although Tony seems actually to be trying to hide his grief over Coulson's death through his trademark snark.}}
* [[Took a Level
* [[The Tooth Hurts]]: Although he was interrupted, the Russian general at the beginning was clearly planning to use this [[Cold-Blooded Torture|method of persuasion]] on Black Widow.
* [[Tragic Keepsake]]: Fury was absolutely trying to invoke this by showing Cap and Tony {{spoiler|Agent Coulson's bloodied Captain America trading cards, which he had ''taken out of Coulson's locker and added blood to''}}.
Line 870 ⟶ 877:
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: The usually fearless Black Widow is terrified of the Hulk until the [[Final Battle]], and not without good cause. This is ironic considering her heavy-handed treatment of Banner earlier in the film.
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: Justified in-story: while Loki decides to toss Tony [[Destination Defenestration|out of the window]] (within shouting distance of his various technology) rather than just kill him with the spear as he did with everyone else, there's that little clinking sound when the spear hits Tony's arc reactor. It probably made Loki think Tony was still wearing at least some armour.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Loki knows his motif from [[The Ring of the Nibelung]] well enough to beautifully choreograph his dramatic entrance to it.
* [[With My Hands Tied]]: The Black Widow can still kick your ass while tied to a chair, shoeless, and on the phone with Coulson.
* [[World of Badass]]: It is the Marvel Universe, after all.
Line 876 ⟶ 883:
{{quote|'''Tony:''' ''There's no throne, there is no version of this where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, [[Badass Boast|you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it.]]''}}
* [[World of Snark]]: Each and every major character takes a level in sarcasm from their previous portrayals. The worst offenders are Tony Stark (obviously), Bruce Banner, Loki, Black Widow, and to a lesser extent, Nick Fury.
* [[Workout Fanservice]]: While Captain America works his frustrations on numerous punching bags, there's tons of fanservice shots of his body and butt.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: The smile on Thor's face after being punched by the Hulk says it all.
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: Black Widow's interrogation technique uses an interesting form of this. She pretends to be at a disadvantage, prompting her victim to become overconfident and let slip some vital information. {{spoiler|While she was playing her reactions to Loki up, she later admits that he did rattle her pretty badly.}}
* [[Written
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Black Widow takes out a mook via hurricanrana, Hulk body slams several opponents, and Thor even gets in on the action when he gorilla presses Loki.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: When Black Widow tells Captain America and Bruce Banner to enter the interior of the aircraft carrier, Captain America deduced from her comment of it "soon becoming hard to breathe" that the aircraft carrier doubled as a submarine. Turns out it was actually a literal aircraft as well.
Line 886 ⟶ 894:
* [[Yin-Yang Clash]]: What happens when Thor's hammer, the most powerful weapon in the MCU, is [[Drop the Hammer|dropped]] on Captain America's shield, the most indestructible defense in the MCU? '''''[[Kung Fu Sonic Boom|BOOM]]'''''
* [[You Are the New Trend]]: The news report shows a barber trimming men's beards to resemble Tony Stark's.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Not actually done, but promised by The Other should Loki fail to acquire the Tesseract for {{spoiler|Thanos,}} though he was also talking about the possibility of Loki attempting to withhold the Tesseract as well. To wit: "If we don't get the Tesseract, for any reason, we will hurt you in ways you thought impossible and you cannot hide from us."
* [[You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With]]: Said almost word for word by Thor
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Everyone is well aware that Loki plans on doing this to his mind controlled minions. Thor worries deeply about Selvig's fate, and Loki promises to Black Widow that he will do this to Barton in as horrific a way as possible.
Line 895 ⟶ 903:
----
{{tropelist|Tie-Ins}}
== ''The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week'' contains the following tropes: ==
* [[Another Side, Another Story]]: Much of the later issues involve the Black Widow as she [[The Gump|Forrest Gumps]] her way through the chronologically-later MCU films.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Black Widow as usual, who has no problem navigating through a number of superhuman battlefields.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: In relation to the movie {{spoiler|Coulson's request for a gun that has the strength of the Destroyer's blast is what he eventually uses on Loki in the movie.}}
Line 919 ⟶ 928:
** [[Captain America: The First Avenger|The HYDRA Trooper who fell out of the flying wing]]? {{spoiler|Made it to his flying bomb and strapped in, but [[Killed Mid-Sentence|hit the ground in the middle of yelling]], "Heil Hydra!"}}
* [[Happily Ever Before]]: The junior novelization only adapts the first part of the movie, up to the point where Loki is locked up on the Helicarrier, and thereby leaves out a lot of subsequent events that might upset or just confuse younger readers.
Line 926 ⟶ 935:
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
[[Category:
[[Category:Films of the 2010s]]
[[Category:Epic Movie]]
[[Category:Marvel Universe]]
▲[[Category:The Avengers]]
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]
[[Category:Works by Joss Whedon]]
[[Category:Memetic Works]]
[[Category:3D Movie]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avengers (2012 film), The}}
| |||